Life and light for woman . who, if not taken in here, would die of neglect and are only two rooms in the tiny hospital,but there are always from oneto four occupants. One unique feature of this place is the annual Christmasdinner to beggars, the invitations being sent through the police ; and theycome—the halt, the maimed and the blind—in all their dirt and rags, re-ceive a free bath, a plentiful dinner, the story of the Christ-Child. Doyou think they can ever forget it? A few other places, manned by Kumiai (Congregational) Christians, and affiliatedmore or less with the work
Life and light for woman . who, if not taken in here, would die of neglect and are only two rooms in the tiny hospital,but there are always from oneto four occupants. One unique feature of this place is the annual Christmasdinner to beggars, the invitations being sent through the police ; and theycome—the halt, the maimed and the blind—in all their dirt and rags, re-ceive a free bath, a plentiful dinner, the story of the Christ-Child. Doyou think they can ever forget it? A few other places, manned by Kumiai (Congregational) Christians, and affiliatedmore or less with the work of the A. B. C. F. M.:— The first in age and size is the Okayama Orphanage. A half hours-walkit is to get a glimpse of it—the school campus, with its four small, crowded 352 Life and Light [^August buildings, the center playground being the only chapel, the only meetingplace that can accommodate the 450 children here (the rest of the 726 areon the Hyuga farm, or in the Osaka printing office, or, the wee ones, gain-. OKAYAMA ORPHANAGE, GIRLS COMPOUND ing flesh and muscle in the neighboring farm villages) ; the boys and girlscompounds with their 41 white plastered cottages, each with its own neatkitchen and tiny flower garden ; the office ; the commissary department,whence are distributed the daily supplies of rice, vegetables, wood, oil,
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